| 43rd Chess Olympiad (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Dates: | 24th September - 5th October 2018 |
| City: | Batumi (Georgia) |
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| Organizers: | FIDE, Georgian Chess Federation |
| Tournament Director: | Mr. Giorgi Giorgadze (GEO) |
| Chief Arbiter: | IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos (GRE) |
| Arbiters: | IA Omar Salama (ISL), IA Marika Japaridze (GEO) |
| Teams participating: | 185 (from 183 countries) |
| Players participating: | 919 (incl. 245 GMs, 148 IMs, 1 WGM, 146 FMs, 98 CMs and 1 WCM) |
| Games played: | 4036 (31 games were forfeited) |
| Competition format: | Eleven round Swiss |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Match points; 2. Olympiad Sonneborn-Berger; 3. Game points; 4. Match points of opponents |
| Time control: | 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game; 30 sec. increment from move 1 |
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| Other websites: | chess-results.com |
| PGN game file: | 18olm.pgn |
